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0. 1). VAN ALLEN. AIR TIGHT PACKAGE FOR BUTTER.

No. 323.980. Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

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PETERS, Phom-Lirlhngflphon Wuhl UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CIOEBO DANIEL VAN ALLEN, OF BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, CANADA.

AIR-TIGHT PACKAGE FOR BUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,980, dated August 11, 1885.

Application filed November 1, 1883. (No model.) Patented in Canada June 16, 1883, No. 14,938.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OroERo DANIEL VAN ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the village of Brussels, in the county of Huron, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on Air-Tight Packages for the Transportation of Butter, 850., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an air-tight package for safely and securely containing butter or any other merchandise during transportation in such a manner that the butter or other merchandise will be as pure and sweet when it arrives atits destination as when shipped; and it consists of the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, with the clamps moved back and the cover raised up from the package a short distance before being filled with merchandise. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the clamps and package of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my invention, showing the cover rigidly secured on the package after being filled with merchandise and ready for transportation.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the package, constructed of wood or any other suitable material and provided with a lining, E

E is a water-proofcasing or lining, of tin or other suitable material, in the package A, to render it water as well as air tight, which prevents the loss of contents by soakage into the wood, and also prevents the butter, &c., from being tainted with the taste of the wood; or the wood package A may be coated on the inside with a waterproofing compound to attain the same result when tin is not used, and when tin is used a rust proof compound, consisting of paraffine wax, one pound, Vaseline, t-wo ounces, white wax, three ounces, is melted and incorporated together, and while hot is coated on the casing E around the top edge on the inside, extending down from the top about two inches, to prevent the tin casing E from rusting by the action of the air when removing the cover B to examine the contents.

F F are. beveled corners secured in the corners inside of the package, so that when butter, &c., is packed therein, and when taken out after transportation, by upsetting the package the butter, &c., is delivered in perfeet and proper shape and presents a good marketable appearance.

B is the cover, on the under side of which, extending all around the edge, and extending a short distance back from the edge,a thin narrow strip of the cover B is cut away, and a thin narrow strip of packing, O, of cotton, rubber, cork, or other suitable material, is secured in its place, this packing 0 being placed on the under side of the cover B in such a position that when the cover B is placed on the package A the packing O rests on the upper edges of the sides of said package A. r This cover B is cut away at two opposite edges on the upper side about a quarter of an inch at the edge, and is tapered back until it runs out about two inches from the edge, which forms the beveled edges I I.

D D are bands pivotally secured to the package A by-pivot-bolts i i, to which bands D D the clamps H H are rigidly secured. The under sides, J J, of these clamps H H are beveled or fitted to correspond with the bevels on the upper edges of the cover B. When the package A is filled with merehandise, the cover B is placed thereon, and the clamps H, to which the metal bands D are secured, are pressed up on the beveled or wedge-shaped upper edges of the cover B, which wedges and binds the packing C between the lower sides of the cover B and the upper edges of the sides of the package A, which effectively prevents the escape of the liquid contents, and also thoroughly excludes the air, thereby making the package air-tight, at the sametimeadjustably securing the cover B thereon, so that it may be readily and easily removed, the contents examined, and readily and easily secured in place again. if anything heavy were to strike against or press on the inside edge of this clamp H it might sometimes press the clamp H outward and ofl' from the cover B, which would permit the coverB to rise and expose the contents of the package but to prevent this I rigidly secure one end of a short strap, G, to the clamp H by a screw, or otherwise, and, whenthe clamp H is bound on the screw which secures the end of the strap G to the cover B before the clamp II can be removed to permit the cover 13 to be raised. In regard to the clamps H II and bands 1) l) there are various mechanical equivalents, which would suggest themselves to the skilled mechanic, that would produce the same result -uamel v, wedging and binding; the cover B on the package Abut by experiment the best results have been obtained when constructed as hereinbel'ore described. This package A is preferably constructed square, (as shown in annexed drawings,) because when constructed in this shape these packages pack mm 11 better and occupy less space; but this package A maybe constructed round or in any other suitable shape, and the straps l) D and clamps II 11 used in connection therewith for clamping and binding the cover thereon.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. As a new article of malmfacture, a package, A, provided with beveled corners F F, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

2. The clamps H H, provided with beveled sides J J and pivotal bands I) D, in combination with the cover 13, provided with beveled edges 1 I, and package A, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the package A, provided with beveled corners F F and waterproof casing or lining E, with pivotal bands I) D, clamps H H, cover B, packing; U, and straps G G, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

OIOERO DANIEL VAN ALLEN.

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